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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | From a pane of 50 low value stamps Gum Type: P.V.A. OFDC Cancellation Location: Leamington, Ontario Don’t let the monarch caterpillar’s small size fool you. This little larva has a big job to do! Day and night, it feeds away through five stages of growth (or instars). And since its food of choice is the milkweed, which can be a pest when it crowds out other plants, the monarch is a great help to gardeners. In 2007, as part of our tribute to the beneficial insects that roam Canada’s gardens and marshes, homage was paid to the golden-eyed lacewing, the cecropia moth, the convergent lady beetle, the northern bumblebee and the Canada darner. This spring, the monarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) joins the ranks of these helpful critters, squirming onto a 2-cent low value definitive stamp of its own. |
| Face value | 2 Canadian cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 2549 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 2328 |
| Catalog code | Canada post # 420002121; Yvert et Tellier CA 2431 Stanley Gibbons CA 2517 WADP Numbering System - WNS CA030.09 |
| Series | Beneficial Insects |
| Stamp colour | Multicolor |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 21,700 |
| Issue date | 22/04/2009 |
| Designer | Keith Martin |
| Paper type | Tullis Russell |
| Print technique | Lithography in 5 colours |
| Printed by | Canadian Bank Note |
| Perforation | 13+ |
| Height | 20.00 mm |
| Width | 24.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
